Kolkata Municipal Corporation

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{{short description|Municipal Corporation in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Kolkata Municipal Corporation
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| coa_pic = Kolkata Municipal Corporation (emblem).png
| coa_res = 175px
| coa_alt = Logo of Kolkata Municipal Corporation
| coa_caption = [[Emblem]] of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1876}}
| disbanded =
| preceded_by =
| succeeded_by =
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = (vacant), [[Firhad Hakim]], Chairman of Board of Administrator
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = (vacant), [[Atin Ghosh]], Deputy Chairman of Board of Administrator
| seats = 144
| structure1 = India_Kolkata Municipal Corporation_as of May_2021.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| political_groups1 = {{legend|#20C646|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]: 124 seats}} {{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 13 seats}} {{legend|#FF9900|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 5 seats}} {{legend|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 2 seats}}
| session_room = Kolkata Municipal Corporation - Kolkata 2013-04-15 6065.JPG
| session_res = 250px
| meeting_place = Municipal Corporation Building
| last_election1 = 2015
| next_election1 = 2021
| motto = পুরশ্রী বিবর্ধন: {{small|([[Bengali language|Bengali]])}}<br/>''Progress of The City''
| website = {{URL|www.kmcgov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kolkata Municipal Corporation''' (abbreviated '''KMC'''; formerly '''Calcutta Municipal Corporation''') is the [[local government]] of the [[India]]n city of [[Kolkata]], the [[List of Indian state and union territory capitals|state capital]] of [[West Bengal]]. This civic administrative body administers an area of {{convert|206.08|km2}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=kmcgov.in|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/KolkataStatistics.jsp}}</ref> Its motto, ''Purosree Bibardhan'', is inscribed on its emblem in [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]].

==Geography==
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is located at {{Coord|22.5625|N|88.3531|E|region:IN-WB_type:Municipality|display=inline}} in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]].

==Department==
{| class="wikitable"
|Sl.No.
|Department
|-
|1
|Advertisement
|-
|2
|Amusement
|-
|3
|Assessment & Collection
|-
|4
|Building
|-
|5
|Bustee Services
|-
|6
|Car Parking
|-
|7
|Central Records
|-
|8
|Ch. VS Department
|-
|9
|Education
|-
|10
|Election Office
|-
|11
|Electricity
|-
|12
|Engineering (Civil)
|-
|13
|Entally workshop
|-
|14
|Estate
|-
|15
|Finance and accounts
|-
|16
|Health
|-
|17
|Info. & public relations
|-
|18
|Information Technology
|-
|19
|Institute of Urban Management
|-
|20
|Internal Audit
|-
|21
|Law
|-
|22
|License
|-
|23
|Lighting
|-
|24
|Market
|-
|25
|Municipal Secretary’s department
|-
|26
|Municipal Service Commission
|-
|27
|Parks & Squares
|-
|28
|Personnel
|-
|29
|Planning & Development
|-
|30
|Printing
|-
|31
|Environment & Heritage Department
|-
|32
|Roads and Asphaltum
|-
|33
|Sewerage & Drainage
|-
|34
|Social Welfare & Urban Poverty Alleviation Department
|-
|35
|Solid Waste Management
|-
|36
|Supply
|-
|37
|City Planning Dept
|-
|38
|Treasury Department
|-
|39
|Vigilance
|-
|40
|Water Supply
|}

==Structure==
Kolkata Municipal Corporation was established in 1876. Under the guidance of the first Minister of Local Self-Government in Bengal, Sir '''[[Surendranath Banerjee]]''', the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 made provision for the enfranchisement of women and the election of a [[Mayor of Kolkata]] annually. Deshbandhu '''[[Chittaranjan Das]]''' was the first Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation with [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] as his Chief Executive Officer.<ref name="Municipal History">{{cite web | url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/MunicipalHistoryHome.jsp | title=Kolkata – A Municipal History | publisher=KMC | access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> Later mayors include [[Deshapriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta]], [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], [[Nalini Ranjan Sarkar]], [[Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque]], and for the 2010–2015 and 2015–2018 term, [[Sovan Chatterjee]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/MayorsKolkata.jsp | title=Mayors of Kolkata | publisher=KMC | access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wburbanservices.gov.in/| title= Department of Urban Development & Municipal Affairs}}

[[File:Kolkata Municipal Corporation ward level map as of 2011 Census.png|thumb|300px|Kolkata Municipal Corporation ward level map as of 2011 Census. Three additional wards have been added since then, taking the total to 144.]]
The city is divided into 144 administrative [[Ward (politics)|ward]]s that are grouped into 16 [[borough]]s.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation |url=http://www.kolkatamycity.com/stat.asp| title=Kolkata Statistics |access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref> Each of these wards elects a [[councillor]] to the KMC. Each borough has a committee consisting of the councillors elected from the respective wards of the boroughs. The Corporation, through the borough committees, maintains government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets and partakes in urban planning and road maintenance.<ref
name=Metropolis>{{cite web|publisher=World Association of the Major Metropolises |url=http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf | title=007 Kolkata (India) | access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030639/http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> The corporation as the apex body discharges its function through the Mayor-in-Council, consisting of a mayor, assisted by a deputy mayor, and ten other elected members of the KMC. The
mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the KMC and has a tenure of five years.<ref name=KMC>{{cite web
|publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation | url=http://www.kolkatamycity.com/about_kmc_overview.asp | title=About Kolkata Municipal Corporation | access-date=26 April 2006}}</ref> At present, the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] holds the power in the KMC.

==Budget==
As of 2021, the [[city government]]'s budget is {{INRConvert|4298.37|c}}, out of which {{INRConvert|320|c}} was earmarked for roads and transport infrastructure, {{INRConvert|606|c}} is to be spent on solid waste management, {{INRConvert|408|c}} on water supply and {{INRConvert|163|c}} on health services.<ref>http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/kmc-presents-deficit-budget-of-rs-17066-cr-419082#:~:text=Kolkata%3A%20Kolkata%20Municipal%20Corporation's%20Chairman,estimated%20at%20Rs%204298.37%20crore.</ref>

==Criticism==
Recently the KMC has faced a lot of criticism for legalising unauthorized construction largely responsible for a number of deaths because of fire. This was also responsible of the unplanned growth in the city.{{Citation needed|reason=13 june|date=June 2010}}

==The Sheriff of Kolkata and The KMDA==
The city also has an apolitical [[Titular ruler|titular]] post, that of the [[Sheriff of Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news
| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051228/asp/calcutta/story_5652677.asp
|title=New sheriff of Kolkata | publisher=The Telegraph
|date=28 December 2005| access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref> The Sheriff presides over various city-related functions and conferences. Another ancillary civic body is the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA) responsible for the statutory planning and development of the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] (KMA).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]]|url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/profile.html|title=About Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|access-date=1 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000038/http://www.cmdaonline.com/profile.html|archive-date=28 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The KMA includes a large suburban [[hinterland]] around the urban centres of Kolkata.

==Area of Jurisdiction==
{{See also|Civic Administration of Kolkata}}
The jurisdiction of the KMC covers the area covered by the [[Kolkata Police]] (which in turn includes the area of [[Kolkata District|Kolkata District / KMC]]
In 2011, it was announced that Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation area will be coterminous.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-13/kolkata/29652514_1_police-stations-kolkata-police-traffic-guards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194202/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-13/kolkata/29652514_1_police-stations-kolkata-police-traffic-guards |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2014 | title=City police chief visits added areas | date=13 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-30/kolkata/29944168_1_purba-jadavpur-police-stations-traffic-guards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194454/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-30/kolkata/29944168_1_purba-jadavpur-police-stations-traffic-guards |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2014 | title=People will see the change: Kolkata police chief| last=Bandyopadhyay | first= Krishnendu | date=30 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref>
Kolkata Postal District however extends right up to Barrackpur in the North, Barasat in the North-East, Rajarhat in the East, up to Baruipur in South-East and Pailan in South and up to Pujali in South-West. The Postal code in this entire area starts with 700, indicating Postal Sorting Division of Kolkata. Thus Kolkata Postal Division is much bigger than the area of KMC (Kolkata District) and Kolkata Police.

== Services ==
The KMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
* Water purification and supply
* Sewage treatment and disposal
* [[Garbage disposal]] and street cleanliness
* Food Inspection:Through KMC Food Inspectors
* [[Solid waste management]]
* Building and maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers.
* [[Street lighting]]
* Maintenance of [[parks]] and open spaces
* [[Cemeteries]] and Crematoriums
* Registering of births and deaths
* Conservation of heritage sites
* Disease control, including [[immunisation]]
* Public municipal schools etc.
Control Room of Kolkata Municipal Corporation can be contacted at (033) 2286-1212.

==See also==
*[[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]]
*[[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]
*[[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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